Tips on Hosting Home Games (Looooong!)

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Yeah, good post, tho' some things are different here:
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Without a set stop time, the losers will beg to keep on playing indefinitely. The winners will want to quit, the losers will call them wimps, and it is kind of a messy scene.[ QUOTE ]


I wish the losing players for the week would want to keep playing forever. It usually ends up that four or five of us go 'til the wee hours, and we're rarely stuck by that time, having sent everybody else packing.

Agree that you have to be a hardass about attendance. I have a weekly cash game and a monthly tournament. The cash game is strong enough now that I just send out a reminder every week (some weeks no game) and the rotating cast is enough to sustain a game. For tournaments I use evite, and I find two weeks notice is short enough so that people don't RSVP and then forget, but long enough for substantial warning. It's also almost always the same Thursday every month, so that helps.

[Lottery Larry]

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For tournaments I use evite, and I find two weeks notice is short enough so that people don't RSVP and then forget, but long enough for substantial warning. It's also almost always the same Thursday every month, so that helps.

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I email, but I send a final email to the planned attendees, which usually picks up the last-minute changes.

Much to my bitter chagrin, it doesn't get all of them [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

[Sir Folds A Lot]

I say good post, great post. I wouldn't suggest allowing a table vote on rules though. You should have concrete solid rules you remain consistent with. Download Roberts Rules; you can get 'em off a great resource for home hosters, homepokertourney.com. I downloaded a few copies and leave 'em around the playing area along with a few card player mags I get at the local B&M. Having consistent rules will help solve many conflicts cause it has been dealt with before. In my poker circuit of friends about 8 of us are regular hosters and I think I usually get the biggest draws because I have a consistent game.

Good Post TRVCHBOY

[TrvChBoy]

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I wouldn't suggest allowing a table vote on rules though. You should have concrete solid rules you remain consistent with.

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Yes. I will strike that from my next version. Better to know the rules well or appoint an experienced player to act as the umpire.

[Zetack]

My only quibble is the firm stopping time, if you don't have some external reason. Never make players that want to keep playing stop playing. As host, I think you gently but firmly remind the table anyone is free to stop at any time, so there's no player abuse when somebody leaves.

--Zetack